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Pearl and mirror-glass button

Image from: Luckock Collection, Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery

A six-sided rectangular mother-of-pearl button with clipped corners. Concentric designs surround its central faceted mirror-glass stone. This button dates from c 1795 and has a drilled brass swaged-in shank.

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Image courtesy of: Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery
Donor ref: 1953 F78